Over de secularisering van het alledaagse en sacralisering van de politiek
| Date: | 22 October 2012 |
| Author: | Tim Swanger |
De gedachte dat religie niet aan het verdwijnen is, is inmiddels gemeengoed. Wat dat betreft is de rol van religie nog het best te vergelijken met een bal die je probeert onder water te duwen. Als je de bal op de ene plaats onder water duwt, weet je nooit precies zeker waar de bal weer op zal duiken. Zo is het ook met religie.
Transnational faith based development and the post secular experiment
| Date: | 18 October 2012 |
| Author: | Religion Factor |
In her blog-post on the Religion Factor, Cecelia Lynch discusses FBOs in the context of the neoliberal competition on the ‘market’ of international development. In my work on and with development FBOs in the Netherlands I see this illustrated.
God Bless America: US Civil Religion and the President as Prophet, Priest and Martyr of the Nation
| Date: | 15 October 2012 |
| Author: | Religion Factor |
God Bless America: US Civil Religion and the President as Prophet, Priest and Martyr of the Nation. Ever noticed how nearly every time a US president makes a speech, it ends with “God Bless America”?
The Puzzle of Religion in US Presidential Politics
| Date: | 11 October 2012 |
| Author: | Religion Factor |
With the count down on till the USA votes for its next President, The Religion Factor reflects on the role of religion in this important process. Foreign observers of the 2012 US presidential campaign may be forgiven for being puzzled by the role of religion in American politics.
The Religion Factor: A missing link in Migration Studies? Part two
| Date: | 08 October 2012 |
| Author: | Tyler Tully |
In the previous post Geertje den Oudsten shared with us her experience at a Summer School on Migration in Greek this summer and challenged the idea that religion can only be used as a classifactory concept in Migration Studies. Today part two.
The Religion Factor: A missing link in Migration Studies? Part One
| Date: | 04 October 2012 |
| Author: | Tyler Tully |
This summer I was very happy to be able to attend a Summer School named ‘Cultures, Migrations, Borders’ on the Greek island of Lesvos. The programme aimed at MA students and PhDs from different fields, and although there were no lecturers nor any other students with a Religious Studies background, I assumed the subject of religion would have a place in the programme.
A Fragment of the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife? Part Two
| Date: | 01 October 2012 |
| Author: | Kim Knibbe |
The previous post discussed the current state of affairs with regard to the finding of the fragment of papyrus in which Jesus seems to refer to his wife. The papyrus has been shown to date from the fourth century, the ink is still undergoing testing. Before the definitive results are published, however, polemics have already begun. Numerous web reactions on various grounds claim that the fragment is a forgery.
A Fragment of the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife? Part One
| Date: | 28 September 2012 |
| Author: | Kim Knibbe |
Last week, Karen King, Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard University, presented a papyrus fragment in which Jesus referred to Mary as “my wife”. The fragment seems to date from the fourth century A.D. and is written in the Coptic language.
The Life and Work of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu
| Date: | 26 September 2012 |
| Author: | Religion Factor |
On Monday 24 September, 2012, the University of Groningen awarded Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu with an honorary doctorate. His honorary promoter, Professor Dr Geurt-Henk van Kooten, Dean of the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, gave a stirring address in which he highlighed Tutu’s amazing achievements, particularly in the context of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Religion and Science: relating the relationships?
| Date: | 24 September 2012 |
| Author: | Laura J. Vollmer |
In post-secular thought there is an increasing tendency to reject binary oppositions, such as religion and secularism. Past theories of secularization suggested religion was in decline and yet on the contrary, religion has remained viable although...